SAP APO Course

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SAP – APO COURSE CONTENT

• Module 1 – Demand Planning
  •  Introductions, APO Overview
  •  Overview of Demand Planning Concept
  •  Data mart, info-cubes & Demand Planning
  •  Planning area and Planning Books
  •  Macros & Notes
  •  Interactive Planning
  •  Statistical toolbox, Promotions and Life Cycle Planning
  •  Mass Processing and Release of Plans
  •  Exception Processing and Alert Generation
• Module 2 – Supply Network Planning / (CIF)
  •  Overview of Supply Planning Concept
  •  Supply Planning, Interactive Supply Planning, Integration with other SCM components
  •  Planning Methods: Heuristics, Optimization & CTM
  •  Deployment
  •  Transport Load Builder
  •  Releasing Supply Plans to DP, PPDS, ECC
  •  CIF Core Interface : Introduction to Architecture of Integration
  •  Master Data, Integration to R/3
  •  Planning in ECC – APO with Integration Model Generation
  •  Initial & Change Transfers, Background Jobs
  •  Monitoring & Handling CIF Errors
  •  Comparison & Reconciliation
• Module 3 – Global Available-to-Promise
  •  Overview of Availability Management in ECC-APO
  •  Principles and configuration of Availability Check
  •  Check using Product Allocations
  •  Advanced Methods
  •  Rule based Check
  •  Multi-Level ATP
  •  Explanation & Simulation Feature
  •  Global ATP/OPTP interface
• Module 4 – Production Planning/Detailed Scheduling:
  •  Overview of PPDS, Prerequisites, Prod. Planning with ECC
  •  Master Data & Transaction data Integration with ECC, SNP, DP, GATP
  •  Demand Management, Requirements & Sales Orders in PPDS
  •  Production Planning Strategies (Make-to-Order, Make-to-Stock)
  •  Planning Heuristics
  •  Capacity Requirements, Capacity Planning
  •  Optimizer
  •  Exception Processing, Alert Generation
  •  Free Discussions, Questions
  •  Consulting Practice Planning
  •  Further Reference Sources
  •  Conclusion